A writeup on how to directly communicate with GIP (Xbox One) devices on a basic level.

I tried Windows.Gaming.Input.Custom and was unable to get it to work, so I resorted to this. Would have liked if I could do things more legitimately with what little documentation was provided, but oh well.

This writeup is not at all comprehensive of every possibilty with the interface, otherwise there'd be far too much to go through.

Thanks to the XInputHooker project for having a bunch of function detours set up, made my life easier when doing all of this.

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent

Distilled from Mitko Vasilev's (LinkedIn @ownyourai) hands-on documentation across the two architectures that dominate the 128GB unified-memory desktop AI category.

"Make sure you own your AI. AI in the cloud is not aligned with you; it's aligned with the company that owns it."

Build an immersive single-page 3D website showcasing a luxury mechanical wristwatch that disassembles as the user scrolls.

Tech: Three.js (or React Three Fiber) + GSAP ScrollTrigger + Lenis smooth scroll.

Experience:

• Hero: the fully assembled watch rotates slowly under a soft studio spotlight on a deep black background, with subtle reflections on sapphire glass and polished steel.
• As the user scrolls, the watch explodes along its vertical axis layer by layer: strap → case back → rotor → movement plate → gear train → balance wheel → mainspring barrel → dial → hands → crystal.
• Each scroll section pauses on one component; the camera dollies in to a macro close-up while a minimal text panel fades in (name, function, one technical spec).
• Gears keep ticking and rotating in real time even while separated.

These are simplified examples I came up with to go along with William Woodruff's excellent blog post on x86-64 addressing modes.

All the examples are compiled with GCC -O3 or -Os, which is indicative of what the compiler thinks the best option is in practice.

Use case: Indexing into a byte array (whose address is not fixed)

char f(char buf[], int index)

library of cc0 sounds

This is a library of sounds under CC0 or public domain license. It also includes some music pieces. The intention here is that this is usable as a sample library for sound design.

String

https://freesound.org/people/gmortizwavs/sounds/656965/

GrapheneOS is a security- and privacy-focused mobile operating system built on Android. It runs on Google Pixel hardware and reinforces Android’s security model at every level. As the developers explain, GrapheneOS "starts from the strong baseline of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and takes great care to avoid increasing attack surface or hurting the strong security model." In practice, this means every feature is scrutinized for risk: unused hardware is disabled by default, new capabilities are opt-in, and aggressive exploit mitigations are added throughout the OS. The result is an Android variant that sacrifices little usability, but greatly strengthens defenses against both targeted and automated attacks.